This won’t be the busiest entrance at the Fremont, but it’ll be great to have the option of walking inside rather than being outside. Outside is gross.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nBeyond the construction at Fremont casino, there’s a lot of work to be done on the 3rd Street walkway, between Ogden and Fremont.<\/p>\n
The City of Las Vegas is in charge of this portion of the project, at a cost of $4.5 million. The completion target date for this element of the improvements is April 2023, but most of the work should be done by New Year’s Eve.<\/p>\n
Here’s a rendering, again from the perspective of Pizza Rock looking south (toward the Fremont Street Experience canopy), mostly because we have difficulty not thinking about Pizza Rock, especially after we had the personal-sized cheese pizza for happy hour yesterday.<\/p>\nApparently, downtown will have its very own aurora borealis soon!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWe trust Downtown Grand and its neighbors (like Pizza Rock, Triple George and the Mob Museum) are anxious to get the work finished as guests are now forced down a narrow walkway.<\/p>\n
Construction fencing also obscures Downtown Grand from all the foot traffic on Fremont.<\/p>\nIn the jargon of civil engineers (and the owners of Downtown Grand, we trust), this is “sub-optimal.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThis construction project is a big deal for Fremont casino and Boyd Gaming.<\/p>\n
We’ve heard there have been some cost overruns, and Boyd apparently had to light a fire under the construction company to move along the construction timeline. But we don’t care all that much about the drama, we just like the smell of a fresh casino carpet and new games to play and new food offerings.<\/p>\n
So, let’s go, Fremont.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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